(Deming) – Teams from Deming Intermediate School, Red Mountain Middle School and Deming High School will be competing at the New Mexico MESA USA National Engineering Design Qualifying Competition Friday at the New Mexico Military Institute campus in Roswell.The local teams qualified for state by submitting a written proposal, completing performance events with a prosthetic arm and participating in an oral interview.The Deming Intermediate team and the Red Mountain Middle School team are two of the top-five middle school teams in the state, and the Deming High School team is among the top-five high school teams in New Mexico selected to attend the State Qualifying event, based on performance at their respective MESA Day Competitions in February and March. Other students attending this academic competition represent Carlsbad Intermediate School, Carlsbad High School, Mayfield High School and Nex+Gen Academy.

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